This collection of home ed and computer related 'lightbulb' jokes is collected from various sources, and includes a few originals. No offence intended to anyone!

- How many home educators does it take to change a light bulb?
- Only one, but you must make sure you mark it down to physics (electricity and light), technology, PE (climbing ladder), logical reasoning and social skills (well we can't see each other in the dark, can we?)

- How many curriculum-based homeschoolers...?
- None. Home electrics isn't something that should be studied until at least age 14, so they'll have to call in the electrician at the weekend.

- How many LEA inspectors...?
- This complex job should really only be undertaken by qualified electricians, but the law does acknolwedge the right of ordinary people to take responsibility for their own electricity, so long as they know what they're doing. First they need to read the guidelines for acceptable amounts of light in a room. Then if they're sure they can manage this, they'll need to take a course in electronics and register as a home electrician, giving date of birth, qualifications, and any details of previous problems with wiring.

- How many unschoolers or autonomous educators...?
- As many as want to, whenever they feel like it. But they'll probably need a whole box of lightbulbs, because they'll want to experiment to find out how to make them break.

- How many TCS educators?
- The trouble is, the old lightbulb doesn't want to be removed. Difficult to find a win-win situation here, but after some brainstorming, the solution is to buy an entire new light fitting and re-wire the room, while leaving the old lightbulb where it was.

- How many bullies does it take to change a light bulb?
- Four. Do you have a problem with that?

- How many yuppy home educators?
- Two - one to call the electrician, and one to pour the sherry.

- How many folk singers...?
- Two - one to change it, and one to write a song about how good the old one was.

- How many lawyers...?
- Fifty two. Eight to argue, one to get a continuance, two to object, one to demur, two to research precedents, one to dictate a letter, one to stipulate, seven to turn in their time cards, one to depose, one to write interrogatories, two to settle, one to order a secretary to change the bulb, and twenty six to bill for professional services.

- How many feminist home educators?
- One. And it's NOT FUNNY!

- How many UK home educating families...?
- Estimates vary, but nobody really knows.

- How many Macintosh programmers...?
- None - they try and fix the old one.

- How many Pentium programmers...?
- 2.99999999999999999999999999

- How many C++ programmers....?
- You're still thinking procedurally. A properly designed light-bulb object would inherit a change method from a generic light-bulb class, so all you have to do is send a light-bulb-change message.

- How many MAC users?
- Well I see the icon for removing lightbulbs, and I see the icon for putting in the new lightbulb. But what the heck do I do with this bulb I'm holding in my hand?

- How many Linux users?
- Oh dear, it's all a bit complicated. Let's refer to the manual. Nobody else has the faintest idea what we're actually trying to do here.

- How many PC users?
- Change the lightbulb? Isn't it easier just to go out and buy a whole new system these days?

- How many Word Perfect support technicians...?
- We have an exact copy of the light bulb here, and it seems to be working fine. Can you tell me what kind of system you have? Okay, now exactly how dark is it? Okay, there could be four or five things wrong. Have you tried the light switch?

- How many Microsoft technicians...?
- Three. Two holding the ladder, and one to screw the light bulb into the hot tap.

- How many Atari executives...?
- We no longer support that product. However, the new Jaguar CD does include a virtual light bulb that never needs changing.

- How many Microsoft executives...?
- None. When the lightbulb fails, they declare darkness as the new industry standard.